John Stenzel
- Lecturer
Office Hours: M 11:00-12:00, R 3:00-4:30 & by appt.
Education:
- Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1990
- M.Phil., Oxford University, 1981
- B.A., Pomona College, 1979
Biography:
I'm in my seventeenth year as a Lecturer, now in the University Writing Program, previously in the English Department and the Writing in the Disciplines Program. I teach a mixture of specialized advanced-composition courses, mostly Legal Writing and Technical Writing, but occasionally fill literature / language course openings as well; I'm also part of the Workshop Program team, teaching workshops for graduate students and dissertation writers, as well as helping faculty integrate writing into their courses more effectively. Besides teaching the History of the English Language class as well as chunks of the Shakespeare and British Lit surveys, in 2000 I had the pleasure of doing a special-topic version of AMS 151, American Landscapes and Places, focusing on Yosemite--a place I spent many weeks a year growing up. More recently, I taught a class on The Sonnet, and a Medieval and Early Modern Studies class on the Renaissance.
In every composition class I try to provide a rigorous approach to non-academic writing tasks, such as letters, reports, and memoranda. In all my teaching I try to integrate technological tools in the service of learning, though I try to strike a balance on the side of effectiveness and simplicity rather than flash or gratuitous "technopedagogy."
In my other life: I live in Berkeley, where I sing in the Pacific Mozart Ensemble, a semiprofessional chorus, and play Baroque recorder music with my wife, Amelie, a piano teacher. She and I are the proud parents of Alexander, for whom we give daily thanks. I also enjoy running, ski mountaineering, road biking, and mountain biking. More details and links to course materials at my webpage, http://stenzel.ucdavis.edu.
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